Genus
Valid Extinct

Acantholipan

Rivera-Sylva et al. 2018

Acantholipan is a genus of herbivorous nodosaurid dinosaur from Mexico from the early Santonian age of the Late Cretaceous. It includes one species, Acantholipan gonzalezi.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Acantholipan
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Saphornithischia Unranked clade
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Prionodontia Unranked clade
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Genasauria Unranked clade
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Thyreophora Unranked clade
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Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
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Eurypoda Unranked clade
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Ankylosauria Unranked clade
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Euankylosauria Unranked clade
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Nodosauridae Family
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Acantholipan Genus
Measurements
Length
5,7 m ⓘ
Acantholipan gonzalezi
Mass
1 400 kg ⓘ
Acantholipan gonzalezi
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇽 Mexico
1
Geological formations
Pen
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Acantholipan gonzalezi 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
H. E. Rivera-Sylva, E. Frey, and W. Stinnesbeck, G. Carbot-Chanona, I. E. Sanchez-Uribe, J. R. Guzman-Gutierrez. 2018. Paleodiversity of Late Cretaceous Ankylosauria from Mexico and their phylogenetic significance. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 137(1):83-93 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
H. E. Rivera-Sylva, E. Frey, and W. Stinnesbeck, G. Carbot-Chanona, I. E. Sanchez-Uribe, J. R. Guzman-Gutierrez. 2018. Paleodiversity of Late Cretaceous Ankylosauria from Mexico and their phylogenetic significance. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 137(1):83-93 DOI ↗